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Rose Scott is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of California, Merced, affiliated with the Department of Psychological Sciences within the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts. Her research focuses on cognitive and social development in children, particularly exploring how social categories, language input, and environmental factors influence psychological reasoning. She investigates topics such as false-belief understanding, essentialist beliefs about social categories, and the impact of socioeconomic status on child development.
Dr. Scott's work spans experimental studies with infants and young children, examining inductive reasoning, language acquisition, and executive functioning. Her lab explores questions like how financial stress affects child-directed speech and the role of bilingualism in cognitive development. She has collaborated on projects analyzing sleep and mental health in marginalized adolescent populations, as well as cross-cultural studies on essentialist beliefs in China.
Her publications consistently address the intersection of cognitive development and social context, with recent work highlighting pandemic impacts on early social cognition and the role of parental mental-state language. Though no specific awards are listed here, her extensive publication record reflects sustained contributions to developmental psychology. She advises no listed students but maintains an active research lab focused on experimental methods in child psychology.
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